University of Hawaii: Tonga Eruption Spawns Massive Phytoplankton Bloom
October 13, 2022
October 13, 2022
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
In January 2022, the largest underwater volcanic eruption of this century led to a dramatic phytoplankton bloom north of the island of Tongatapu, in the Kingdom of Tonga. A team of scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Oregon State University revealed in a recently published study that the bloom of microscopic marine life covered an area nearly 40 times the size of the i . . .
In January 2022, the largest underwater volcanic eruption of this century led to a dramatic phytoplankton bloom north of the island of Tongatapu, in the Kingdom of Tonga. A team of scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Oregon State University revealed in a recently published study that the bloom of microscopic marine life covered an area nearly 40 times the size of the i . . .